Just last week in KY somebody passed around several bogus $100.00 that were
done in this exact manner. Of course the FBI, et al. were called in.
Personally I'd rather have the restriction than deal with getting funny
money.
We are talking currency fraud here, not homeland security. They already
track paper types and inks for this very reason.
Stephen E. Schuster
PeopleSoft Administrator
2000 Ashland Drive
Ashland, KY 41101
Office Phone 606.920.7447
Cell Phone 606.831.4590
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From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:14 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Hidden code in Adobe prevents copying money.Microsoft said no
hidden 'features' in Windows.
HYPERLINK
"http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61877,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5"
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61877,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61877,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5>
"Adobe Systems acknowledged Friday it quietly added technology to the
world's best-known graphics software at the request of government
regulators and international bankers to prevent consumers from making
copies of the world's major currencies.
The unusual concession has angered scores of customers.
...
A Microsoft spokesman, Jim Desler, said the technology was not built
into versions of its dominant Windows operating system.
...
"The average consumer is never going to encounter this in their daily
use," Connor said. "It just didn't seem like something meaningful to
communicate."
Angry customers have flooded Adobe's Internet message boards with
complaints about censorship and concerns over future restrictions on
other types of images, such as copyrighted or adult material.
"I don't believe this," said Stephen M. Burns, president of the
Photoshop users group in San Diego. "This shocks me. Artists don't like
to be limited in what they can do with their tools. Let the U.S.
government or whoever is involved deal with this, but don't take the
powers of the government and place them into a commercial software
package."
"
Next step is to have the software automatically inform the FBI of a
person's personal registration details if someone tries to alter a scan
of a 100 dollar bill with Photoshop.
Or better yet, to inform Homeland Security if someone draws anything
resembling a bomb.
-Gel
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